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Do any of you use the online bank ING (a.k.a. Orange) for your savings account? If so can you share whether it's been a positive experience, if so..why and if not..why not?

I feel like I have the financial side of retirement figured out as best I can. So, now I'm looking more toward the 'softer' side..how will I spend my time, fullfil some dreams, not be bored, give something back,etc. I read another post here that talked about two books in this and so I read them...

I thought I had the 4% SWR down pat...until I read a recent post. Is the 'generally' accepted 4% SWR widely considered to be a) 4% of the porfolio initial balance or b) 4% of the portfolio annual balance? I had thought it was the annual balance. I understood that this could result in some lean...

The company I work for (a large fortune 100) gives employees their 401K match, and an additional 3% of salary for retirement in company stock. Instead of really getting shares of the stock we get instead 'units' in what they call a 'unitized stock fund'. I"m not sure why they do this instead of...

I've heard that the income limits for ROTH IRA eligibility are going to increase in 2006. For example, currently eligibility for a ROTH starts to phasea out at 150,000 and is no longer an option at 160,000 (Married, joint). Does anyone know of any website where I can learn about what the new...

Is there any alternative to using 72t (SEPP) if you are 55 years old and retired to get $$ out of 401K without paying 10% penalty?

How do you generate the income you need to live on for the upcoming year? Here's the scenario; hubby and I will retire in 6 yrs, me 52, he 55 with about 2m in our 2 401k's. We'd like to generate about 65k/year to live on. We'll likely roll over the 401K's to IRA's upon retirement. Now what? Do...